Research Article
Aetiological Features of Elderly Patients with Newly Diagnosed Symptomatic Epilepsy in Western China
Table 4
Aetiologic features by age subgroup.
| | Aetiology | Old | Very old | value | | % | | % |
| | Stroke | 137 | 41.0% | 94 | 67.1% | | | Ischaemic | 97 | 29.0% | 78 | 55.7% | | Haemorrhagic | 32 | 9.6% | 15 | 10.7% | <0.000 | | CVT | 8 | 2.4% | 1 | 0.7% | | | TBI | 74 | 22.2% | 9 | 6.4% | | Tumour | 32 | 9.6% | 14 | 10.0% | | Dementia | 17 | 5.1% | 16 | 11.4% | | CNS infection | 17 | 5.1% | 1 | 0.7% | | Hippocampal sclerosis | 19 | 5.7% | 5 | 3.6% | | Others | 38 | 11.4% | 1 | 0.7% | | Total | 334 | 100% | 140 | 100% |
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